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Month: January 2024
TORONTO – After previous insults, making fun of past trauma, tears, and a brawl, it looks like Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis are on good terms. Heading into their middleweight title fight this Saturday, which headlines UFC 297, Strickland (28-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) and Du Plessis (20-2 MMA, 6-0 UFC) have surprisingly squashed their
TORONTO – The UFC 297 pre-fight press conference went down Thursday and it was the initial opportunity to get a look at fighter staredowns for the first numbered event of 2024. The card, which is headlined by a middleweight title grudge match between Sean Strickland (28-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) and Dricus Du Plessis (20-2 MMA, 6-0
TORONTO – Just when you’ve seen it all, MMA surprises you once again. In a rare, and likely never seen before situation at a UFC press conference, a fan got too excited to be in the presence of Sean Strickland and rushed the stage at Thursday’s UFC 297 pre-fight press conference to meet the UFC
Plaintiffs in the UFC antitrust lawsuit – including former UFC fighters Cung Le, Jon Fitch, Kyle Kingsbury, and Brandon Vera – struck a key victory late last year when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the MMA promotion’s request to appeal class certification. The ruling, delivered in a one-page document by U.S. District
TORONTO – Just as the bad blood between Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis is simmering down, the heat between Raquel Pennington and Mayra Bueno Silva is boiling up. The two women fighting for the vacant UFC women’s bantamweight title this Saturday went after each other in the pre-fight press conference, which took place on
TORONTO – Charles Jourdain says he’s not about to let the excitement of fighting in his home country negatively impact his performance at UFC 297. Jourdain (15-6-1 MMA, 6-5-1 UFC) will compete in Canada for the first time in his UFC career when he takes on Sean Woodson (10-1-1 MMA, 4-1-1 UFC) in Saturday’s event
Michael Page thinks Leon Edwards will keep his place as UFC welterweight champion for the foreseeable future, and it’s his goal to eventually secure a title bout with his fellow Brit. The all-time Bellator knockout record-holder Page (21-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is set to make his octagon debut on March 9 when he meets Kevin
Despite falling short in her divisional debut, former UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas is sticking around at flyweight. Namajunas (11-6 MMA, 9-5 UFC) was outlasted by top contender Manon Fiorot in her flyweight debut this past September in Paris. Namajunas dismissed the notion that she’s too small for 125 pounds after the loss, and her
ONE Championship is coming back to America. Following its U.S. debut in May, the promotion has booked two U.S.-based events as part of its 2024 calendar, which includes 12 events on Prime Video. ONE returns Sept. 6 to Colorado, the same state that held its inaugural event, but this time in Denver proper at Ball
UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley has set some lofty expectations for himself this year. O’Malley said last week in an interview with Megan Olivia that he believes he will be the “biggest star in sports – not just combat sports” and “as big as Conor McGregor” if he can deliver two beautiful performances in 2024,
Two bantamweight fighters will look to notch their first UFC victory when they collide in Atlantic City, N.J. A new addition to the UFC Fight Night event on March 30 at Boardwalk Hall, Ireland’s Caolan Loughran and Minnesota’s Angel Pacheco will throw down in a three-round bout. Two people with knowledge of the booking recently
LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 234, which takes place at the UFC Apex with a card that streams entirely on ESPN+, goes down Saturday. Before fight night arrives, though, notable athletes from the main card are scheduled to speak to reporters Wednesday at media day, and MMA Junkie will have a live stream beginning
It’s still unknown what the future looks like for Francis Ngannou in terms of MMA. Some pundits, such as Brendan Schaub, doubt there’s even a future at all. Schaub, a former UFC heavyweight contender, doesn’t think Ngannou is ever going to debut for the PFL given the success he’s found securing marquee heavyweight names to
LAS VEGAS – Johnny Walker plans to enter Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 234 main event rematch against Magomed Ankalaev with a clean mental slate. The first matchup between the pair at UFC 294 in October ended in a no contest when Ankalaev (18-1-1 MMA, 9-1-1 UFC) landed an illegal knee on Walker (21-7 MMA, 7-4
After a nearly monthlong hiatus, the UFC opens its 2024 schedule on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 234, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and streams on ESPN+. Light heavyweight contenders are set to rematch in the main event of the card. Magomed Ankalaev (18-1-1 MMA, 9-1-1 UFC) and Johnny Walker
LAS VEGAS – Despite having several names campaigning for a title shot, Manel Kape is confident he’ll be the No. 1 contender. The UFC flyweight believes he’s next for UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja if all goes well for him in his next UFC bout. Kape (19-6 MMA, 4-2 UFC) returns to the cage Saturday